Matthew W. Pappalardo Esq., is an associate at The Alber Firm, P.C. Mr. Pappalardo graduated from Elizabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, pursuant to an accelerated program. During that time, he earned a place on Dean’s list, and was admitted to an Advanced Legal Writing Course due to his extraordinary performance in an intraschool writing competition. When the COVID-19 pandemic arose, Mr. Pappalardo volunteered to work with the NYSBA COVID-19 Task Force, where he researched and edited a correspondence to the Governor of New York regarding certain legal policies. Mr. Pappalardo passed the New York Bar Exam on his first attempt, and shortly thereafter began working in the Chambers of the NYS Supreme Court Judge Lawrence Ecker. Upon Judge Ecker’s retirement, Mr. Pappalardo began a clerkship for King County’s Integrated Domestic Violence Court, before transitioning to his role as associate attorney at the Pappalardo Law Group PLLC. Prior to law school, Mr. Pappalardo worked in conjunction with the Wyoming Supreme Court to open and maintain a legal “self-help” center for pro se litigants.